The most expensive option: Buy and install a good firearms training simulator system. FATS (Meggitt Training) has the largest market share for LEO simulators, and can be setup in nothing more than a large spare bedroom. AIS, the same company that makes the modular live-fire setups mentioned above, also manufactures PRISim, another interactive simulation system.
But if I had the space and the bucks, the one I’d want to investigate would be from VirTra Systems. They offer both military and LEO training modules; in particular, check out the VirTra 180 LE and 300 LE: 180- and 300-degree, wrap-around simulators.
The least expensive would be to have a space dedicated to AirSoft training. You could setup IDPA-style courses of fire, and maybe even create a small AirSoft shoot house where you could have friends over for force-on-force training.
If it were me, I think the money and permits necessary to have a private-residence one- or two-lane 25 yard live-fire range simply wouldn’t be worth it. I’d much rather spend less and have simulation training that could mimic changeable, real-world scenarios...and the kind of practice that I can’t get at a typical live-fire range (try 300-degree surround shooting at your local club). Besides, I’m one of those guys who feel that live-fire should only comprise 20 to 30 percent of your practice, anyway. I’d rather have a big VirTra unit or my own AirSoft shoot house and room to setup AirSoft IDPA CoFs any day.
